Game bullet



" @dell @hornet-may,concer/nf Y 1j -ith-known that'I,RoY Brees, aciti- `:Zen ofthe /United-States, and' residing "at yAlton, lcounty of VMadison,v State ofllli- "nois, jhave invented y'the neva and l'lsef'ulv Im- `prrlvement in Game; Bullets,j offwhi-chfthe yfollowing ibsa lspecific'atin.

.l jinvention- 'pertains 'to ybullets:ganci,

'i morelparticularlyfsuch bullets as are/used Lindiighlpower rifiesflfor lningting*galriejl L In game huntingandparticularly inhunt- A yng bigjgarnait is desirable'to have )a bul-let f istoppving power.' The most Yeecti've! bullet ing "bullet avhichfhasi itsV tip :arranged so' as vrogbufrstv and spread upon :impact so as to i lp'roduceaslfser-ious'a wouiifdfaspossible. f'lhe l y ordinajry mushrooming lbulle'tsl have vrh'ere'to- 20- I "ffmetal in Lorfderfthat they/mayV be morey easily 1` kdeformed upon impact. In somecases'so'ft '.metalbullets jacketed ywith' a harder. metal Y i "have been used. .LWithsoft-,Qmetal bullets'iit l I f less the material is perfectly homogeneous l i 'i it ispractically impossible to have the center' Iof gravity coincident with the Vcenterv of form, the center of form'being on lthe axis of Vthe bullet.-

the centerof gravity is` not .y on thataxi's, the flight of a bullet is not true.

or'inl other words, the higher the muzzle l ,velo-City with which the bauer is discharged. As the velocity of a bullet has an important,

A bearing ron its mushrooming tendencies-at im-y :'40 Q p-actit is desirable to provide a bullet which is capable of beingy given a high velocity'and at the same time formed so as to producethe yj-mushrooming effect. Y `v l "One of theobjects of'this invention thereffor'eis to provide a game bullet which is Fen-not only ,capable ofbei'ng discharged at ay j Vhigh* velocity and constructed vso as lto be ff'true in flight, but one which` upon impact I will spread without'breaking so as to vproj vide4 a maximum stopping. power.'

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has been .difficult to produce a body-of'suii. cientlyzhomogeneous material sol that thebullet willv be properly balanced; that is, un-V This causes Ythe morejdiiiculty the higher the powerV of the propelling charge,

Another object is tofprovide such a bullet'v Y with itsftp constructedf and arrangedifto --facilitateitl mushrooming operation.

` Further objects willy-appear. froinflthe folf 'lowinggdescription taken'fin connection 'with the accompanying dra'wing,"in which-V Y `Figurel israfs'ide View ofva vb'odyin'g this invention.

.ei-Figura 2 ,iS-a @paiesk or. Figurer T Figure 3 is Aav longitudinal section yoff-a bullet` embodying {th-is' invention; .and j Y .fscalef showing the form taken .fafterfimpact .i in; `-accordance- .withv thisf invention, ,the body lof the 'bullet .is formed of hard met'al Figure l 1s `a I,View somewhatreduced in suchas steel, cop-per or the like. AS a; steel V Y bullet presents diilicultiesgfin=its passage i ith'roughr the riie barrel, Yit 'hasbeenfQQund advantageous to construct thebody olfcopy i per. f The bulletf is constructed.' b'yjcutting -from xa soli d 'homogeneous piece' of! material-Q @This maybe ayccomplisliedby'turning the bullet ...from a clrawn lcopperirod `and Ithe- `Vbody formed withfaatapering sftipjso: as to` faeilitate' its .iiight throughithegair. 5 EX- tendingirom the tip rearwardly is 'fafbore or cavity 2. Y This borergtermi-natesff,short i. l

of the base 3 of the body. ,.In fact the i ybore 2 ordinarily occupies only the.' for-V i v 8ol *Y 1 l ward part of the bullet. In the illustration shown, this |bore is flared somewhat toward v the tip, 4but this feature may or maynotbe, desirable according to-circumstances.k Thef tapering body meets the central bore y2 so f A as to provide at the lforward endof fthe bullet a thin wall which is thus weakened ,Y

rupturedandexpanded upon impacti' f seated in the forward part of the |bore 2 andi: formed to provide a 'sharp nose for the bullet. The plug vjpro'vides a vsoft metal .tip which is the first to strike thek object/ f v y fired .at and, receiving Vthe rst impacti'sf 95"` deformed and spread so asfto assist in rup-j turing the iwall 4- toproduce the .desired Vmushroorning effect on theody of the, Ibullet The bullet may, however, lbe used: lj L without the :tip 5. with good effect. i

L 'Upon striking the object fired at, the wallsV so that it is more readilyV capable of being'v A plug or tip 0f softer.metalmaybei,Y 9o

71007-7' i L are ruptured either by the actionfvof ther' plug 5 -or the pressure of the airpor'vy`v animal tissues which may be caught within the bore. Upon rupturing the walls 4, the material is forced outwardly so as to increase the diameter of the bullet and enlarge the wound, and these outwardly bent portions are eventually forced back, as illustrated at 6 in Figure 4.

It will be seen that on accountof the form of this bullet and the fact that it is constructed of a homogenous material, the center of` gravity thereof will lie Vin the longitudinal axis or substantially so. This insures that the bullet will have a true flight through the air and will` therefore be capable of accurate shooting. This structure also provides that it shall be capa- Able of beingO given a high velocity so as to strike the o ject with a maximum force of impact. The hollow bore provides for bursting and mushrooming, and the soft metal plug' 5 assists in producing this effect. It is clear therefore thatrthis invention provides a bullet which will have a maximum stopping power.

It is obvious that various changes may be `made in the details of construction, without departing from the spirit of this invention;

it is therefore to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the specific details shown and described.

Having thus described the invention, what -is claimed is:

l. A game bullet, comprising, a solid body of hard metal provided with axial bore extending rearwardly from the tip thereof and terminating short of the base-thereof.

2. A game bullet, comprising, a solid body of hard metal provided with an axial `bore thin wall adjacent said tip.

3. A game bullet, comprising, a solid body of hard metal provided with an axial bore in the tip thereof, and a soft metal plug in said bore. l

4. A game bullet, comprising, a solid body of hard metal provided with an axial bore in the tip thereof, and a soft metal plug having a pointed tip in said bore.

5. A game bullet, comprising a solid cylindrical body of hard metal tapering to a tip and having an axial bore in said tip, and a pointed soft metal plug in said bore.

6. A game bullet, comprising, a partly tapering cylindrical body of hard metal of uniform texture having its center of gravity substantially in the axis thereof, said body lloia/ing its tip board coaxially with said 7. A game bullet, comprising, a partly tapering cylindrical body of hard metal of uniform texture having its center of gravity substantially in the axis thereof, said body having its tip bored coaxially with said body, and a soft metal plugin said bore.

8. A game bullet comprising a solid hard metal body having a cylindrical rear end and a tapered forward end, said last end having a socket formed therein, to render .the forward portion of the body relatively thin and easily susceptible of splitting, and a solid but soft metal slug constituting a tipy arranged in the socket and extending beyondv the outer end thereof, the outer end of said slug being relatively small and formed with a line point, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature this 26th day of May, 1924. in the tip thereof adapted to provide a A ROY r. nicos. 

